Strawberry plant named ‘Sweet Sunrise’

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘Sweet Sunrise’. The new cultivar is primarily characterized by its early ripening and its medium-large, conical fruit that have outstanding processing characteristics including deep red internal and external color, sweet flavor, and very easy calyx removal, as well as vigorous, productive plants that are tolerant to biotic and abiotic stress.

Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: ‘SWEETSUNRISE’ is a new strawberry plant that is Fragaria×ananassa Duchesne exRozier.

Variety denomination: The new strawberry plant claimed is of the varietydenominated ‘Sweet Sunrise’, Fragaria×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention relates to a new and distinct strawberry cultivarstrawberry designated ‘Sweet Sunrise’ and botanically known asFragaria×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier. This new strawberry cultivar wasdiscovered in Corvallis, Oreg. in June 2000 and originated from a crossbetween the female parent ‘Puget Reliance’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,310)and the male parent B 754 (unpatented). The original seedling of the newcultivar was asexually propagated by rooting daughter plants from themother plant since 2000 in Benton County, Oreg. The present inventionhas been found to be stable and reproduce true to type throughsuccessive asexual propagations.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying color photographs show typical specimen's of the newcultivar at various stages of development as nearly true as it ispossible to make in color reproductions.

FIG. 1 shows overall plant habit.

FIG. 2 shows the flower morphology.

FIG. 3 shows a flower truss with fruit in a range of ripening stages.

FIG. 4 shows typical fruit after harvest for processing market.

FIG. 5 shows typical entire and sliced fruit after freezing and thawing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR

The following description of ‘Sweet Sunrise’ is based on observationstaken from 2002 to 2012 growing seasons in trials in Corvallis andAurora, Oreg. This description is in accordance with UPOV terminology.Color designations, color descriptions and other phenotypicaldescriptions may deviate from the stated values and descriptionsdepending upon variation in environmental, seasonal, climatic andcultural conditions. ‘Sweet Sunrise’ has not been observed under allpossible environmental conditions. The botanical description of ‘SweetSunrise’ was taken from plants one year after establishment in thefield. Color terminology follows The Royal Horticultural Society Colourchart. London (R.H.S.) (5^(th) edition, 2007).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

Table 1 shows selected characteristics of the new cultivar compared withplant characteristics of ‘Charm’, (U.S. Plant patent application Ser.No. 13/694,975). Characteristics include plant height, number of crownsper plant, plant habit, bract frequency, petiole texture, petal lengthand width, fruit shape, and fruit weight.

TABLE 1 Characteristic ‘Sweet Sunrise’ ‘Charm’ Plant height (cm) 11.920.0 Number of crowns/plant 6.2 11.0 Habit Upright, open globose Uprightglobose Bract frequency Typically two None Texture petiole Dense HirsutePetal length (cm) 1.4 1.0 Petal width (cm) 1.3 1.0 Fruit shape ConicConic, slight wedge Weight fruit (g) 15.4 14.6

Table 2 shows plant characteristics of the new cultivar compared withplant characteristics of ‘Charm’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No.13/694,975). Plant characteristics include plant height, diameter,number of crowns per plant, habit, density of individual plants andvigor.

TABLE 2 Characteristic ‘Sweet Sunrise’ ‘Charm’ Plant height (cm) 11.920.0 Plant diameter (cm) 25.0 34.7 Number of crowns/plant 6.2 11.0 HabitUpright, open globose Upright globose Density of individual MediumMedium to Dense plant Vigor Medium Strong

Table 3 shows leaf characteristics of the new cultivar compared withleaf characteristics of ‘Charm’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No.13/694,975). Leaf characteristics include leaf type, leaf shape. leaflength, leaf width, terminal leaflet length, terminal leaflet width,terminal leaflet length to width ratio, leaf margins, shape of teeth,leaf serrations per leaflet, upper and lower leaf surface color, numberof leaflets, terminal leaflet apex shape, terminal leaflet base shape,glossiness upper side leaf surface, texture upper side leaf surface,texture underside leaf surface and leaf arrangement.

TABLE 3 Characteristic ‘Sweet Sunrise’ ‘Charm’ Leaf type Semi-evergreenleaves Semi-evergreen leaves will die back to will die back to ground insevere ground in severe winters winters Leaf shape Ovate Ovate Leaflength (cm) 7.94 6.98 Leaf width (cm) 6.76 6.53 Terminal leaflet length7.72 7.87 (cm) Terminal leaflet width 6.27 6.93 (cm) Terminal leaflet1.2 1.1 length/width ratio Leaf margins Single serration, Serratecoarsely serrate Shape of teeth Pointed Rounded Leaf serrations perleaflet 21.7 20.3 Color mature leaves Green Group N 137A Green Group N137B upper surface Color mature leaves Green Group 138C Green GroupN138C lower surface Number of leaflets 3 3 Terminal leaflet apex ObtuseObtuse shape Terminal leaflet base Cuneate Cuneate shape Glossinessupper side Semi-gloss Semi-gloss leaf surface Texture upper side leafVery lightly Very lightly tomentose surface tomentose Texture undersideleaf Tomentulose Tomentulose surface Leaf arrangement Compound withthree Compound with three leaflets leaflets

Table 4 shows information about the petiole, the petiolule, the bractand the stipule of the new cultivar compared to ‘Charm’ (U.S. Plantpatent application Ser. No. 13/694,975). This includes petiole length,petiole diameter, petiole pubescence, petiole color, petiolule color,petiolule length, bract frequency, texture petiole, stipule length, andstipule width.

TABLE 4 Characteristic ‘Sweet Sunrise’ ‘Charm’ Leaf petiole length (cm)10.8 18.0 Petiole diameter (cm) 0.27 0.26 Petiole pubescence DenseHirsute Petiole color 144C 144C Petiolule color 144C 144C Petiolulelength (cm) 1.17 1.11 Bract frequency Typically two None Texture petioleDense Hirsute Stipule length (cm) 2.51 1.96 Stipule width (cm) 1.24 1.01

Table 5 shows stolon characteristics of the new cultivar compared to‘Charm’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/694,975). Thesecharacteristics include the number of stolons, the anthocyanincoloration of the stolons, the thickness of the stolons, and thepubescence of the stolons.

TABLE 5 Characteristic ‘Sweet Sunrise’ ‘Charm’ Stolon number 6.0 13.5Stolon anthocyanin Between weak and medium Weak Stolon thickness 0.250.26 Stolon pubescence Sparse Sparse to medium

Table 6 shows inflorescence characteristics of the new cultivar comparedto ‘Charm’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/694,975). Thesecharacteristics include inflorescence position relative to foliage,flower type, flower size, petal shape, relative petal spacing, petalapex shape, petal margin, petal base shape, petal length, petal width,petal length/width ratio, number of petals, petal color, stigma color,style color, anther color, filament color, and flower truss type.

TABLE 6 Characteristic ‘Sweet Sunrise’ ‘Charm’ Inflorescence positionBetween level with Between level with and above and above Flower typeComplete simple Complete simple Flower diameter (cm) 2.7 2.7 Petal shapeOrbicular Orbicular Petal spacing Overlapping Overlapping Petal apexshape Rounded Rounded Petal margin Entire Entire Petal base shapeRounded Rounded Petal length (cm) 1.43 1.00 Petal width (cm) 1.31 1.00Petal length/width ratio 1.1 1.0 Petal count 5.4 5.1 Petal color WhiteGroup NN 155B White Group NN155C Stigma color Yellow Group 13AGreen-Yellow Group 1B Style color Yellow Group 13A Green-Yellow Group 1BAnther color Yellow-Orange Yellow-Orange Group 14A Group 14A Filamentcolor Yellow-Orange Yellow-Orange Group 14A Group 14D Blooming habitCyme Cyme

Table 7 shows fruit characteristics of the new cultivar compared to‘Charm’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/694,975). Thesecharacteristics include number of berries per truss, fruiting trussattitude, fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit length/width ratio, fruitweight, relative fruit size, predominant fruit shape, difference inshape between primary and secondary fruit, band without achenes,evenness of fruit surface, top color, non-blush side color, blush sidecolor, internal color, achene color, achene count per fruit, insertionof calyx, pose of calyx segments, size of calyx in relation to fruit,ease of calyx removal, firmness of flesh, evenness of flesh color,distribution of flesh color, sweetness, acidity, Brix, pH, titratableacidity, texture when tasted, time of flowering, harvest maturity (50%of plants with ripe fruit), type of bearing, and yield.

TABLE 7 Characteristic ‘Sweet Sunrise’ ‘Charm’ Number of berries per 5.26.8 fruiting truss Fruiting truss attitude Between erect and Betweenprostrate and semi-erect semi-erect Diameter fruit (cm) 2.93 3.50 Lengthfruit (cm) 3.23 4.30 Ratio fruit length/width 1.1 1.2 Weight fruit (g)15.4 14.6 Relative fruit size Medium-large Medium Predominant fruitshape Conic Conic, slight wedge Difference in shape Slight Slightbetween primary and secondary fruits Band without achenes Very narrowAbsent or very narrow Evenness of fruit surface Even Very even Color oftop of fruit Red Group 53A Red Group 53A Non-blush side color Red Group53A Red Group 53A Blush side color Red Group 53A Red Group 53A Internalflesh color Red Group 47A Red Group 47A (mostly (mostly uniform)uniform, slightly open core) Achene color Red Group 53A Red Group 53BAchene count 278 216 Insertion of calyx Level Level Pose of calyxsegments Spreading to reflexed Spreading Size of calyx in relationSmaller Between same size and to fruit smaller Ease of calyx removalEasy Very easy Firmness of flesh Firm Medium Evenness of flesh colorEven Even Distribution of flesh Throughout Throughout color SweetnessStrong Strong Acidity Medium Medium Brix (percent soluble 8.27 7.65solids) pH 3.56 3.43 Titratable acidity (g citric 7.65 9.45 acid/100 gfruit) Texture when tasted Fine Fine Time of flowering Begins late Aprilearly First bloom mid-late May, ends early-mid April, ends early-midJune June Harvest maturity (50% Early June Mid-June of plant with ripefruit) Type of bearing Short-day/June- Short-day/June-bearing bearingYield (kg/hectare) 34455 38063

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL GENOTYPES

When ‘Sweet Sunrise’ is compared to female parent ‘Puget Reliance’ (U.S.Plant Pat. No. 9,310), the fruit are deeper red, firmer, and moreconically shaped and the plants less susceptible to foliar disease. When‘Sweet Sunrise’ is compared to the male parent B 754 (unpatented) thefruit are deeper red, firmer and the plants better adapted to biotic andabiotic stress in the Pacific Northwest.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant as describedand shown herein.